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 Although the clock was born in the 13th century, the watch is less than 130 years old.It is well known that queen Elizabeth I received a tribute in 1571, a small clock set on a bracelet.It was not until 1880 that the actual wristwatches were produced, which was made by the German navy to Swiss chipper clocks and watches.During the Boer war (1899-1902), the military watch became popular, and soon it was born the navigator's watch.If it hadn't been for the jewels of women's love, the wristwatch would not have lasted until the 20th century.Bruner and PeiFo bailey jointly published collection guide the wrist watch, have so a paragraph, sums up the wrist watch in the development of this period: "watch appeared, popular with men, this fully shows that the male conformism, new tendency of character."

  The wristwatch developed very quickly after the initial difficulties.The first chronometer was born in 1909, and the first calendar was born in 1912.Because of the military needs of world war I, the first water meter was born in 1915.Actually, Louis Cartier famous "tank list", comes from allied troops in the fight to defend the French used by armored fighting vehicles, Cartier will be the first piece of "tank list" as a gift to the American general Pershing.Rolex registered a patent for its "oyster" form in 1926 with a waterproof case and a spiral crown.The next year a challenger, wearing the watch, managed to swim across the English channel.This feat adds to the "oyster" list.

  The fully automatic wristwatch, which was born in 1932, freed the payer from the burden of regular tuning.When the first electronic watch, Hamilton Ventura, was launched in 1957, it caused a global sensation.When Armstrong made his first landing on the moon in 1969, his wrist was worn by the omega super bar chronometer.At this time, as the center of the global watch industry, there are 1600 watchmakers in Switzerland.

But with the advent of cheap quartz, the Swiss watchmaking industry no longer.Faced with the upheaval of global watchmaking in the 1970s, the Swiss government tried hard to save the market, but many of the best established watchmakers still fall, even bankrupt and out.During those years, the number of people in the Swiss watch industry fell from 90,000 in 1970 to less than 30,000 in 1984.There are now about 650 watchmakers in Switzerland, with about 40,000 employees.

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